ACCORDING to ESPN, the rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, scheduled for April 27 in Leeds, has sadly been postponed.
The reason for the postponement is an damage suffered by Taylor, although no additional particulars have been supplied on that entrance. The postponement was, nonetheless, confirmed to BN by two separate sources.
This after all shouldn’t be the primary time Taylor vs. Catterall II has run into hassle and needed to be pushed again. Nor will this newest postponement do a lot to assuage the worry of those that really feel Taylor and Catterall are, regardless of having unfinished enterprise, destined to by no means meet once more.
That stated, Mike Coppinger, reporting for ESPN, did point out the potential for the combat receiving a brand new a date in late Could, which is a constructive. Certainly, given each the damage to Taylor and the historical past these two super-lightweights share, a date in late Could feels like the absolute best state of affairs.
Replace: Per a Matchroom Boxing press launch, the Taylor vs. Catterall combat has been rescheduled for Could 25 on the similar venue in Leeds.